US 12,291,078 B2
Air conditioning unit
Samuele Meda, Chichester (GB); and Anton Lundqvist, Älvsjö (SE)
Assigned to Dometic Sweden AB, Solna (SE)
Appl. No. 17/998,616
Filed by Dometic Sweden AB, Solna (SE)
PCT Filed May 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061578
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/228605, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020206183.1 (DE), filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339285 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00364 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00521 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00235 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioning unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising: a housing that is openable in a state when the air conditioning unit is mounted on the vehicle, the air conditioning unit further comprising a first air circuit within the housing, a second air circuit within the housing, an evaporator being arranged in the first air circuit and a condenser being arranged in the second air circuit, wherein the air conditioning unit is configured such that at least two different fan arrangements, including a first fan arrangement and a second fan arrangement, can be installed in the air conditioning unit in a mutually exchangeable manner, wherein each of the at least two different fan arrangements comprises a first fan and a second fan, and, when installed in the air conditioning unit, the first fan is arranged in the first air circuit and is configured to generate an air flow in the first air circuit in order to enhance an exchange of thermal energy between the air flowing in the first air circuit and the evaporator, and the second fan is arranged in the second air circuit and is configured to generate an air flow in the second air circuit in order to enhance an exchange of thermal energy between the air flowing in the second air circuit and the condenser, wherein the second fan arrangement comprises the first fan with a first motor for driving the first fan and the second fan with a second motor for driving the second fan, the first fan including a first impeller and a first shaft, and the second fan including a second impeller and a second shaft.